[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 47, Volume 3]
[Revised as of October 1, 2007]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 47CFR64.803]

[Page 282-283]
 
                       TITLE 47--TELECOMMUNICATION
 
        CHAPTER I--FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION (CONTINUED)
 
PART 64_MISCELLANEOUS RULES RELATING TO COMMON CARRIERS--Table of Contents
 
   Subpart H_Extension of Unsecured Credit for Interstate and Foreign 
        Communications Services to Candidates for Federal Office
 
Sec.  64.803  Definitions.

    For the purposes of this subpart:
    (a) Candidate means an individual who seeks nomination for election, 
or election, to Federal office, whether or

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not such individual is elected, and an individual shall be deemed to 
seek nomination for election, or election, if he has (1) taken the 
action necessary under the law of a State to qualify himself for 
nomination for election, or election, to Federal office, or (2) received 
contributions or made expenditures, or has given his consent for any 
other person to receive contributions or make expenditures, with a view 
to bringing about his nomination for election, or election, to such 
office.
    (b) Election means (1) a general, special, primary, or runoff 
election, (2) a convention or caucus of a political party held to 
nominate a candidate, (3) a primary election held for the selection of 
delegates to a national nominating convention of a political party, and 
(4) a primary election held for the expression of a preference for the 
nomination of persons for election to the office of President.
    (c) Federal office means the office of President or Vice President 
of the United States: or of Senator or Representative in, or Delegate or 
Resident Commissioner to, the Congress of the United States.
    (d) Person means an individual, partnership, committee, association, 
corporation, labor organization, and any other organization or group of 
persons.
    (e) Unsecured credit means the furnishing of service without 
maintaining on a continuing basis advance payment, deposit, or other 
security, that is designed to assure payment of the estimated amount of 
service for each future 2 months period, with revised estimates to be 
made on at least a monthly basis.